(1) "Assessment" means the method used to collect evidence of what a student knows and is able to do and to measure a student's academic progress toward attaining a standard.

(2) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title that operates one or more public schools.

(3) "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education created pursuant to section 23-1-102, C.R.S.

(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education appointed by the state board pursuant to section 22-2-110.

(5) "District charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title. A district charter school is a "district charter high school" if it serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(6) "Division of child care" means the division within the department of human services that is responsible for child care regulation.

(7) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department of higher education appointed by the governor pursuant to section 24-1-114, C.R.S.

(8) "Institute charter school" means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title. An institute charter school is an "institute charter high school" if it serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(9) "Local education provider" means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school.

(10) "Local school board" means a school district board of education.

(11) "P-20 council" means the P-20 education coordinating council appointed by the governor pursuant to executive order B 003 07.

(11.5) "Performing arts" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-1-104.5 (1)(b).

(12) to (14) Repealed.

(15) "Postsecondary and workforce readiness" means the knowledge and skills that a student should have attained prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma, as adopted by the state board and the commission pursuant to section 22-7-1008.

(16) Repealed.

(17) "Postsecondary and workforce readiness program" means a program of study that, prior to or beginning in ninth grade and continuing through twelfth grade, is designed to prepare a student to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma.

(18) "Postsecondary education" means all formal public education that requires as a prerequisite the acquisition of a high school diploma or its equivalent. "Postsecondary education" includes programs resulting in acquisition of a certificate, an associate degree of applied sciences, an associate degree of general studies, an associate degree of arts, or an associate degree of science and all baccalaureate degree programs.

(19) "Regional educator meeting" means a meeting convened pursuant to section 22-7-1011 by the commissioner and the executive director in a regional service area.

(20) "School district" means a school district, other than a local college district, organized and existing pursuant to law.

(21) "School readiness" means the level of development that indicates a child is able to engage in and benefit from elementary school classroom environments, as adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1004.

(22) "Standard" means a clear, measurable, learning target for what a student should know or be able to do relative to a particular instructional area.

(23) "State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(24) "State plan" means the state plan required by the federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001", 20 U.S.C. sec. 6301 et seq.

(25) "Visual arts" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-1-104.5 (1)(c).